what does alice in chains dirt album cover mean

Listening to it today, it’s still as powerful and ‘grungy’ as ever. That perspective made the lyrical content even more potent. I must admit, putting Dirt on the turntable for this review was the first time I have listened to it intently for a number of years. It cements some of the key elements that made Alice In Chains what they were: downtuned riffing, dual lead guitars and of course, that double-tracked vocal style of Staley and Cantrell that is just so distinctive, nothing like what came before or after. Who could ever forget the lyrics to ‘Down in a Hole’ ‘ …feeling so small…losing control…’

This combination, plus the dual-tracked vocal style, creates an unnerving experience that few other bands elicit. Tracks like ‘Junkhead’ and ‘Godsmack’ take the sinister atmosphere of bands like Sabbath, but add the personal, heroin-influenced touch.

In the case of AIC, however, the lyrics to Dirt were a lot darker than anything else around, especially in retrospect after Staley’s death. Instead of drinking, partying and womanising, grunge was the outlet for every teen’s angst. The one big difference to the 80’s rock era was lyrically, and AIC took the lead. From the ‘smack-between-the-eyes’ opener ‘Them Bones’, it takes us on a hard rock journey that, in my mind, perfectly bridges the gap between late 80’s metal at its best and what we came to call ‘grunge’. 25 years on and we’re not only still talking about Alice In Chains’ Dirt, but we’re still listening to it. Funnily enough, this comes not long after the release of the Seattle mainstay’s most recent album, Rainier Fog. Why hello there! It’s a beautiful day for a stroll down memory lane, isn’t it? Good thing that’s exactly what we’re here for! In this episode of A Scene In Retrospect, Everything Is Noise members Inter, David, Vigz, Ashley, and John will be talking about one of the weightiest milestones of the nineties: Dirt by Alice In Chains.

What does alice in chains dirt album cover mean